Conference Speakers
We are proud to announce our ASBTE 2025 Conference plenary and keynote speakers, whom will share their insights and latest research in the industry.
Plenary Speakers
Prof. Chwee Teck Lim
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Professor Lim is the NUS Society Chair Professor and Director of the Institute for Health Innovation and Technology at the NUS. His research interests are in cell mechanobiology and the development of biomedical technologies for healthcare applications. He has co-authored over 500 journal publications and delivered more than 530 plenary/keynote/invited lectures. He is also a serial entrepreneur having cofounded six deep tech startups. Prof Lim is an Elected Fellow of nine academies and professional societies including the Royal Society, US National Academy of Inventors, ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology, the Academy of Engineering, Singapore and the Singapore National Academy of Science. He and his team have received over 130 research awards and honours including the Nature Lifetime Achievement Award for Mentoring in Science, Asia’s Most Influential Scientist, Highly Cited Researcher, ASEAN Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award, Asian Scientists 100, Wall Street Journal Asian Innovation Award (Gold) and President’s Technology Award among others.
Keynote Speakers
Dr Giselle Yeo
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Dr Giselle Yeo is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Perkins Centre and School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney. She completed her PhD in matrix protein biochemistry at the University of Sydney, then continued with postdoctoral studies in the biofunctionalisation of material surface for tissue engineering applications. With the support of a University of Sydney early-career development fellowship, Dr Yeo established a research program focused on understanding how extracellular matrix proteins regulate stem cell regenerative biology, and applying this knowledge towards functional stem cell-instructive materials. Her work has been recognised with several early-career research awards, including a NSW Young Tall Poppy Science Award, Selby Research Award, and Bob Fraser New Investigator Award.
A/Prof Wei Seong Toh
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Wei Seong Toh received his Ph.D. (2010) from the National University of Singapore (NUS). He did his post-doctoral training at the Harvard Medical School as an A*STAR International Fellow (2010-2012). In 2013, he joined NUS as an Assistant Professor, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2020. He is currently a tenured Associate Professor and Research Director at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and a Principal Investigator at the NUS Tissue Engineering Program.
His research focuses on understanding the mechanisms for degeneration and developing multidisciplinary strategies for regeneration of tissues of the musculoskeletal system. To date, he has secured >SGD8M (direct cost) of funding, presented >60 plenary/keynote/invited talks, filed 3 patents/patent applications, and published >85 publications, accumulating h-index 47 and >18000 citations (Google Scholar). Together with his research team, he has garnered >50 research awards/honours, including the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University from 2020 to present.
Prof Grissel Trujillo de Santiago
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Grissel Trujillo-de Santiago is an Assistant Professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey and CSO of FORMA Foods. Grissel’s research is focused on the development of technologies based in chaos to produce multilayered and multimaterial 3D micro-structured living tissues. She has a Mexican patent and 6 patent-pending technologies, including 3D-chaotic-printing. Grissel has more than 70 publications (6000+ citations, H-index of 28). She has graduated 5 Ph.D., and 16 M.Sc. students. Grissel is a scientific advisor for the United Nations University-LATAM. Grissel has received several awards, including the Fellowship for Women in Science from L’Oréal-UNESCO, the 2024 Latin American Women in Chemistry Award – Emerging Leader in Chemistry by the American Chemical Society (ACS), and Professional Development Award by the International Society for Biofabrication (ISBF).
Prof Hang Ta
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Hang Ta is a Professor at School of Environment and Science and Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre, Griffith University. She is an ARC Future Fellow, and currently leads a team of 12 students and postdocs working on materials for diagnosis and treatment of life-threatening diseases. She has a unique skill set combining chemistry and biology skills. She got a PhD in biomaterials for drug delivery from University of Melbourne and then worked at Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute and University of Queensland before moving to Griffith University in 2020. Prof Ta has been awarded a number of prizes, grants and prestigious fellowships such as National Heart Foundation postdoctoral fellowship, NHMRC ECR fellowship and Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship, ARC Future Fellowship. She has secured over $6.6 million ($4.9 million as lead investigator) in competitive grant funding from national funding agencies for both discovery and infrastructure projects. She is President of the Australian Society for Molecular and Imaging, Associate Editor of Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine and Biotechnology, is on Editorial Boards and is a peer reviewer for several journals, is a chair/co-chair of international and national conferences. She is a member of ARC College of Expert, serves on the committees of various scientific societies and also serves on different national grant review panels (e.g. ARC, NHMRC, MRFF).
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